The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-23
THE CzAR,s PRISON.
rne Great Gatchina Fortress in Winch
He Hides in Terror.

y,on the London Telegraph.
uOpis custodiet ipsos custodes" is the re-
s.o.;on which springs to ones mind on hear
ing the rumors as to attempts on the Cars
IRE in his rural retreat at Gatchlna. The
,o,rt,.v house inhabited by the Autocrat
of All the RuSsias Is nothing more or less
ut,.ono garrison, and situated i'll the midst of
-, immense camp in which countless de-
Sachments of soldiers, horse, FOOT artillery,
and even engineers, are quartered. et even
bare the life of the sovereign IS exposed to
various perils chief among which is the no
toro,ls disffection of portions OF his vast
army. The time was when the Gar could
and on the blind and unreasonlng deVoton
If the liberated serfs. Now all is changed.
Il &c acknowledged that the revolutionary
Movement has spread with appalling and sig
.1;4cant raDiditv, even to classes which had
always been regarded as trustworthy.
Meanwhile, however, Alexander III. has
No alternative but to make the best Of the
situation. Picked soldiers guard nm day
and niqht at Gatchina, and the strlctest dis
cinline prevails in the fortress castle, A
writer who short time ago had the rare
,,,.ivilege of an introduction to the presence
ri the Czarina, gives graphic account OF
his visit. and of the precautions taken to
prevent any nishap Travelling from st.
Petersburg to CATCHING in company with
Cen Ignatieff and Gen. Baumgarten, one OF
fine Emperor's aides-de-camp, he noticed all
along the route small detachnents of en-
oineers encamped in the open air at short
Sn+ervols from each other. CossackS, mount
ed on their small horses, galloped about in
avery direction The party were fetched
Mt tbe station by one of the imperial car
riages: which started off at full speed, and,
inter crossing bridge strongly guarded, ar
rived at huge gateway, at which the
r1itar and his companions had to show
their papers Thence they were conducted
to a wing Of the palace, where the same
ceremonial was gone through, after which
thew were taken through perfect laby-
rinth of passages and Staircases to rooms re-
served for them. The writer was asked if
he would have luncheon or tea, and was
then left to himself until the hour appointed
for his audience. At noon ten. Baumgarten
came to fetch him.
On his way to the central building he saw
the steps crowded with sentpies, who in turn
presented arms with such a din that he
shrewdlv suspected that the noise was in
tended to warn their comrades further off of
the arrival Of stranger. Next a large
II hall. in which 100 soldiers of the Guard were
4 on duty, was traversed. AT the further end
the visitor had again to exhibit his pa
4 pers, and after ascending a magnifcent stair
4 case and crossing a hall in which gigantic
u Moor in superb costume, and two huge
Il Tcherkesses armed to the teeth with dirlks
q and pistols were stationed, he was intro
duced by a nan-Servant into a small but
d elegant drawing room, whence he passed,
s. under the conduct of one of the gentlemen
Il on service, into the Empress reception
q room After half an hours conversation,
y In the course of which her majesty remarked
that there were some very iunDiOuS men in
81 Russia, the writer withdrew, but ere he took
81 leave of Gen. Baumgarten the latter, re-
81 ferling to the frankneSs with which he had
spoken, told him that no Russian would
81 have dared to give advice to the Czarina,
s. jokingly added
Take carel You may be sent to ST.
81 berian
What can be more characteristic than this
rapprochement of the aide-de-camp's grim
jest about Siberia and the precautions taken
blythe sovereign to avert all danger from
himself and his family?